Business Leadership: Three Levels of Ethical Analysis

Abstract

authenticity, leadership studies, moral character, respect, responsibility, telos , virtue theory,

The Moral Entrepreneur: A New Component of Ethical Leadership

“…The current focus of research on ethical leadership is largely, implicitly or explicitly, on managers, including CEOs (Wu et al 2015), senior executives (Treviño et al , 2003, top management (Mayer et al 2009), and lower-level management (Brown et al 2005). As the literature on leadership generally acknowledges (Kotter 2007;Palmer 2009), leadership is not bound to a specific function or level. Therefore, an employee could also become a moral entrepreneur if that person creates a new ethical norm.…”

Women’s Self-Initiated Expatriation as a Career Option and Its Ethical Issues

“…Business leaders must shoulder some of the responsibility for gender inequality in managerial career advancement and international assignment, since it is they who set the organization's mission and develop the vision or means for attaining it (Palmer, 2009). Furthermore, they influence the organizational culture (Melé, 2003b).…”

Ethical Leadership: Meaning and Measurement. Latvian Retail Traders’ Perspective

“…In order to distinguish between various approaches to the concept and practice of ethical leadership, we propose to apply the three-level leadership model: ethics of the leader, the means of ethical leadership and the heart of leadership (Palmer 2009). Let us dwell briefly on each of the levels.…”

“…It has been stressed that leaders who behave morally are probably less prone to moral transgressions in their business practices (Bowie 2005;Zaccaro et al 2008). At the same time, we have to admit that this kind of approach can lead to holding leaders personally accountable to higher standards of morality that they are not being able to live up (Palmer 2009). Catherine Marsh (Marsh 2013) describes qualities such as mindfulness, engagement, authenticity and sustainment.…”